TY - JOUR AU - Arza, Putri Aulia AU - Nur, Nadia Chalida AU - Yunianto, Andi Eka PY - 2023/04/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Effectiveness of Providing Snacks to Nutritional Status of Adolescents JF - Jurnal Ilmiah Kesehatan (JIKA) JA - JIKA VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.36590/jika.v5i1.533 UR - https://salnesia.id/jika/article/view/533 SP - 54-63 AB - <p style="font-weight: 400;"><em>One effort to improve nutritional status is consuming nutritious food and nutrition education for children to instill healthy eating habits from an early age. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of providing snack</em><em>s</em><em> on </em><em>the </em><em>nutritional status and nutritional intake of adolescents. This type of research </em><em>was</em><em> a quasi-experimental design with a </em><em>one-group</em> <em>pre</em><em>-</em><em>posttest design without a control group. The research subjects were adolescents aged 11-14 years. Snacks are given for 1 month that meet</em><em>s</em><em> ± 20% energy and ± 8% protein and ± 15% fat. T</em><em>-</em><em>test to analyze the nutritional status of adolescents and nutrient intake before and after giving the distraction food. The results of this study </em><em>show</em><em>e</em><em>d</em><em> that providing distracti</em><em>ng</em><em> food c</em><em>ould</em><em> increase body mass </em><em>index </em><em>(</em><em>p-value=</em><em>0</em><em>,</em><em>0</em><em>00</em><em>)</em><em>, student weight </em><em>(</em><em>p-value=</em><em>0</em><em>,</em><em>0</em><em>00</em><em>)</em><em>, intake of protein</em> <em>(p-value=</em><em>0</em><em>,</em><em>0</em><em>00)</em><em>, vitamin </em><em>C </em><em>(</em><em>p-value=</em><em>0</em><em>,</em><em>0</em><em>008</em><em>),</em> <em>and zinc </em><em>(</em><em>p-value=</em><em>0</em><em>,</em><em>0</em><em>004</em><em>),</em> <em>but height, carbohydrate intake</em><em>,</em><em> and iron intake had no significant effect (</em><em>p-value</em><em>&gt;0</em><em>,</em><em>05). </em><em>This study concluded </em><em>that the provision of snack food effectively increased students' nutritional knowledge, student weight, </em><em>and </em><em>intake of protein, vitamin C</em><em>,</em><em> and zinc, but height and body mass index</em><em>,</em><em> as well as carbohydrates and iron</em><em>,</em><em> did not increase significantly. The suggestion from this study is that distraction for adolescents is highly recommended to improve nutritional status so schools should be able to make a policy in providing distracti</em><em>ng</em><em> food as a program to improve adolescent nutrition at school.</em></p> ER -